George H. Scherr

Why Millions Died (eBook, PDF)

Before the War on Infectious Diseases

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Produktbeschreibung

Why Millions Died reviews the painfully slow development of research by isolated investigators who believed that diseases could be caused by infectious organisms. The brutally contentious and vivid arguments that raged between the proponents of the germ theory of disease and those who condemned it from both the scientific community and the pulpits delayed the implementation of vaccines and antimicrobial agents. Such delays resulted in millions of deaths until the professional communities and the general public began to believe that certain health measures could protect against infection and reduce the enormous death tolls from disease. Preeminent among these workers was an Italian scientist, Agostino Bassi, who articulated the germ theory of disease following twenty years of research. Approximately thirty years later, Pasteur repeated Bassi's research in order to gain prestige as the savior of the germ theory of disease. Pasteur was also discovered to have committed fraud in claiming he had developed a vaccine for anthrax - only to be exposed by the brilliant German microbiologist, Robert Koch.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 158
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. November 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780761891277
• Artikelnr.: 75143255

Autorenporträt

George H. Scherr, Ph.D., has been engaged in infectious disease research for sixty-nine years. He was a tenured professor of microbiology at the University of Illinois School of Medicine.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures
List of Tables
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1 - Historical
Chapter 2 - Francesco Redi
Chapter 3 - Lazzaro Spallanzani
Chapter 4 - Edward Jenner and the Concept of Vaccination
Chapter 5 - The Renaissance of Italian Research
Chapter 6 - Agostino Bassi
Chapter 7 - Robert Koch
Chapter 8 - Elie Metchnikoff
Chapter 9 - Louis Pasteur
Chapter 10 - Charles Chamberland
Chapter 11 - Agostino Bassi-Coda
Bibliography
About The Author